"Jennings, Elizabeth" ranks as one of the greatest episodic deconstructions of a character 'Elizabeth Jennings' by using astonishingly succinct flashbacks that beautifully renders the core of the character. When we see a flashback into an incident that Elizabeth encounters while in training and how she deals with it, we immediately realize her 'black or white' way of seeing the world. The final arc is when we see a juxtaposition between who Elizabeth was and who she has become thirty years fast forward. This is a woman who has literally sold her soul and identity for a "greater purpose". But its heartbreaking when she understands that this "greater purpose" is not helping anyone other than the dictators at Kremlin. And finally, when it's a done deal that the Jennings' have to escape to Russia, in a snap Elizabeth Jennings is gone! So is her American life! That's the longevity of a soul-crushing faux identity.
Review of Jennings, Elizabeth
